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SarahD

(1,732 posts)
Thu Jun 13, 2024, 11:20 AM Jun 2024

Clickbait headline makes us think it's cannabis.

So if you read this headline, you think the Neanderthal cops are up to their usual tricks, busting people for cannabis residue, a couple seeds in the carpet, etc. Actually, it has nothing to do with pot. This person was arrested for meth. I don't like this kind of reporting because it conflated cannabis and hard drugs, and promotes the old idea that cannabis is a gateway to meth and Crack.
https://news.google.com/articles/CBMic2h0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lm5iY25ld3MuY29tL25ld3MvdXMtbmV3cy93b21hbi1mYWNlcy0zMC15ZWFycy1taW5uZXNvdGEtcHJpc29uLWJvbmctd2F0ZXItZm91bmQtdHJhZmZpYy1zdG9wLXJjbmExNTY5NDLSAStodHRwczovL3d3dy5uYmNuZXdzLmNvbS9uZXdzL2FtcC9yY25hMTU2OTQy?hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US%3Aen

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Clickbait headline makes us think it's cannabis. (Original Post) SarahD Jun 2024 OP
The story literally says they found a glass jar with a crystal substance in the car AZSkiffyGeek Jun 2024 #1
this statement appears to be sourced with the defendant stopdiggin Jun 2024 #2

AZSkiffyGeek

(12,632 posts)
1. The story literally says they found a glass jar with a crystal substance in the car
Thu Jun 13, 2024, 11:28 AM
Jun 2024

And that Yet it is framed that she was arrested for bongwater.

stopdiggin

(12,936 posts)
2. this statement appears to be sourced with the defendant
Thu Jun 13, 2024, 11:36 AM
Jun 2024

I'm thinking that she got popped for plain old meth possession.

Beske wrote in court documents obtained by NBC News that she was found to be in possession of three pieces of drug paraphernalia that tested positive for meth. The deputies allegedly found a bong, a glass jar containing a “crystal substance” and pipes, the Minnesota Reformer reported.
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